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Munich’s famous river wave has vanished after a cleanup. Surfers hope it will return soon
MUNICH (AP) — Germany’s famous river-surfing wave in Munich has mysteriously disappeared, leaving Bavarian surfers…
Kristen Stewart urges solidarity and honesty in emotional keynote at Academy Women’s Luncheon
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a rooftop space filled with Hollywood’s most influential figures, actor…
Helen Mirren will receive the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille award
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Helen Mirren has portrayed multiple queens, a prime minister, a detective,…
Malaysian rapper Namewee detained in murder investigation of Taiwanese influencer
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A popular ethnic Chinese Malaysian rapper and filmmaker was detained…
Children’s author Robert Munsch donates letters, story drafts to Guelph Public Library
Children’s author Robert Munsch is donating his stash of story drafts, publisher notes and fan…
Australia’s Helen Garner wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize for her ‘addictive’ diaries
LONDON (AP) — Helen Garner, an acclaimed Australian writer whose celebrity fans include singer Dua…
Conservative activist Laura Loomer, a Trump ally, says she has a new Pentagon press pass
NEW YORK (AP) — With the Pentagon’s press room largely cleared of mainstream reporters, conservative…
Documentary revisits Swift Current Broncos crash — and the trauma that never left
CALGARY — In 1986, a bus carrying the Swift Current Broncos hit black ice and…
Bruce Springsteen performs at New York Public Library gala
NEW YORK (AP) — They threw a party at the New York Public Library and…
Brought closer by playoff fever, Blue Jays fans find ways to move on
When the Blue Jays’ season ended in heartbreak on Saturday, Khela Maquiling was surprised to…
Adam Sandler will receive AARP’s Movies for Grownups career achievement award, his second AARP prize
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam Sandler will be the next recipient of AARP’s Movies for…
Fashion trailblazers A$AP Rocky and Rihanna now have matching CFDA fashion icon awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion powerhouse couple A$AP Rocky and Rihanna have another fashion icon…
Jonathan Bailey named People magazine’s 2025 Sexiest Man Alive
Something has changed for “Wicked” star Jonathan Bailey, something is not the same — he…
Japanese game maker Nintendo reports zooming sales and profit on its hit Switch 2 machine
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese video-game maker Nintendo’s net profit jumped 85% in April-September from the…
Jake Paul-Gervonta Davis bout is off and Paul will seek another fight in 2025
MIAMI (AP) — Jake Paul’s boxing match against lightweight champion Gervonta Davis was scrapped Monday,…
Buckingham Palace will stage the largest-ever display of Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion next year
LONDON (AP) — The largest-ever exhibition of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion, including the…
Eby says B.C. won’t run anti-tariff ads alone as it had planned
VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province is walking back plans to…
Diane Ladd, 3-time Oscar nominee, dies at 89
OJAI, Calif. (AP) — Diane Ladd, a three-time Academy Award nominee and actor of rare…
Rogers: Average audience of 10.9 million tuned in for Game 7 of World Series
TORONTO — An average audience of 10.9 million viewers watched Game 7 of the World…
Carney asked Ford ‘a couple of times’ to pull anti-tariff ad, premier says
TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney called Doug Ford “a couple of times” from Asia…
How it started, how it ended: A chronology of Ontario’s ad blitz against U.S. tariffs
OTTAWA — Here is a day-by-day chronology of the controversy over Ontario’s advertising campaign against…
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead singer, dies at 78
NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on…
Rick Westhead exposes rot in Canadian hockey culture in book “We Breed Lions”
“Hockey people don’t like outsiders knowing their business.” Former Western Hockey League player Ryan Phillips…
The Grammys invited all Latin Grammy voting members to the Recording Academy: Why it matters
NEW YORK (AP) — In the last few years, the Grammy Awards have made a…